Fremont County Busted Mugshots

Fremont County busted mugshots and arrest records are maintained by the Fremont County Sheriff's Office in Canon City, Colorado. The sheriff runs the county detention center and processes all bookings for the area. Fremont County is also home to several state and federal prisons, though those are separate from county jail operations. This page covers how to search for Fremont County mugshots, request booking records, use state databases, and understand your rights under Colorado's public records laws when looking for arrest data in this county.

Fremont County Mugshot Search

The Fremont County Sheriff's Office is the main source for busted mugshots and booking records in the county. The sheriff handles all local arrests and jail operations out of Canon City. When someone is arrested in Fremont County, they get booked at the county detention center. The process records their name, charges, date of birth, and a booking photo. That mugshot becomes part of the public arrest record.

To find out if someone is currently in Fremont County custody or to get a copy of a booking record, contact the sheriff's office. The main phone number is (719) 276-5555. The office is at 100 Justice Center Road in Canon City, CO 81212. For recent bookings, staff can tell you over the phone whether someone is being held at the Fremont County jail. For written records or older mugshots, submit a formal records request. Include the person's full name and the date of the arrest if you have it. The more information you provide, the quicker the Fremont County staff can pull the file.

Fremont County may not have the same kind of large online inmate search tool that metro-area counties run. Smaller counties in Colorado often handle records requests by phone or mail. That said, the records themselves are just as public as those in Denver or El Paso County. The law does not change based on county size.

Note: Call the Fremont County Sheriff at (719) 276-5555 to check on current inmates or request booking data.

Arrest Records Law in Fremont County

Fremont County arrest records fall under the Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act. The CCJRA is the state law that controls how criminal justice agencies handle public records. Under this law, records of official action are open. That means arrests, charges, indictments, and case dispositions must be available to anyone who asks. You do not need a reason. The Fremont County Sheriff has three business days to respond to a records request. The first hour of staff research time is free. After that, the county can charge a reasonable fee for the time it takes to find and copy the records.

CORA, the Colorado Open Records Act, gives another path to Fremont County records. CORA covers a wider range of government documents beyond just criminal justice records. If you need something that the CCJRA does not cover, try a CORA request. The Colorado Attorney General's CORA page walks through the process. Both laws favor public access. Fremont County agencies must follow them just like every other county in the state.

State Records for Fremont County

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation maintains a statewide criminal history database. You can search it for Fremont County arrest records along with records from every other county in Colorado. A CBI background check costs $6.85. It pulls up criminal history tied to a person's name and date of birth. This is one of the best tools for finding Fremont County busted mugshots and arrest data, especially if the booking happened a while ago and is not in any online system.

You can run a CBI check at cbirecordscheck.com. The process is straightforward. Enter the person's details and pay the fee. Results come from the state's central repository of criminal records.

Use the CBI records check portal to search for criminal history from Fremont County and all other Colorado counties.

The CBI also manages records reported by every sheriff's office and police department in Colorado, including Fremont County. When an arrest happens and gets reported, it goes into the CBI system. That makes the CBI check a reliable way to find Fremont County records even if the local sheriff does not post them online. The CBI homepage has information about their services and how they collect criminal records data across the state.

Fremont County Court Records

When an arrest in Fremont County leads to criminal charges, those cases go through the 11th Judicial District Court. Court records include filings, hearing schedules, plea deals, and sentencing outcomes. These are separate from the booking records the sheriff holds. Court records show what happened after the arrest. Was the case dismissed? Did the person plead guilty? Was there a trial and conviction?

The Colorado Judicial Branch provides public access to court records through its website. The Colorado Judicial public records access guide explains the process for searching case records from Fremont County and other districts in the state.

Check the Colorado Judicial Branch site for court case records tied to Fremont County arrests.

For a full picture of what happened with a Fremont County arrest, you may need both the booking record from the sheriff and the court record from the 11th Judicial District. The booking record tells you what the charges were at the time of arrest. The court record tells you the outcome.

Fremont County Jail vs State Prisons

Fremont County is sometimes called Colorado's "prison capital" because multiple state and federal correctional facilities are located in and around Canon City. These include facilities run by the Colorado Department of Corrections and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. It is important to understand that those prisons are separate from the Fremont County jail. People in state or federal prison were sentenced there after going through the court system. The county jail holds people who were recently arrested and are waiting for court, or who are serving short sentences.

If you are looking for someone in a state prison, not the Fremont County jail, you need to search the Colorado Department of Corrections offender database. That is a different system. The Fremont County Sheriff only manages the county detention center. Busted mugshots from the county booking process are held by the sheriff. Prison intake photos are held by the DOC. Do not confuse the two. If you are searching for Fremont County busted mugshots, you want the sheriff's records, not the prison system.

VINE at vinelink.com can track both county jail inmates and state prison inmates. Sign up for free alerts about custody changes for anyone held in Fremont County or anywhere else in Colorado.

Sealing Fremont County Arrest Records

Colorado law lets people seal their criminal records under C.R.S. 24-72-703. This applies to Fremont County busted mugshots. The filing fee is $224. Courts can waive it for low-income petitioners. Once sealed, a Fremont County arrest record does not show up in public searches or CBI background checks. Only law enforcement and prosecutors keep access to sealed records.

Automatic sealing may apply to some Fremont County arrests. If charges were never filed after an arrest made on or after January 1, 2022, CBI may seal those records after one year without a petition. Drug convictions may qualify under C.R.S. 24-72-710 after waiting periods that depend on the offense type. If you think your Fremont County record should be sealed, talk to a lawyer or contact the 11th Judicial District Court in Canon City. Sealing removes the record from public view but does not erase it from law enforcement databases.

Nearby Counties

These counties border Fremont County. If you are not sure which county handled a booking, check where the arrest took place.